2016 CITATION OF EXCELLENCE RESULTS AND ADJUDICATORS

Citation Winners

Results Listed in Alphabetical Order

Class AAAAAA

Group Conductor Location
Brazoswood Concert Band Martin Montoya Clute, TX
College Park HS Symphonic Band Jeffrey P. Gorring The Woodlands, TX
Pearland HS Symphonic Band Beau Hunter Pearland, TX
Vista Ridge Wind Symphony Kyle Ruschhaupt Cedar Park, TX

Class AAAAA

Group Conductor Location
McKinney North HS Symphonic Band Josh Kurzweil McKinney, TX
North Lamar Concert Band Jason R. Smith Paris, TX
Westwood HS Symphonic Band Brittany Dacy Round Rock, TX

Class AA

Group Conductor Location
Arbor Creek MS Symphonic Band Sarah Dempsky Carrollton, TX
Artie Henry MS Symphonic Band Rachel Johnstone Cedar Park, TX
Indian Springs Symphonic Band Christopher Sebesta Keller, TX

Class A

Group Conductor Location
Kennedale JH Symphonic Band Eleanor Macias Kennedale, TX

Commended Winners

Results Listed in Alphabetical Order

Class AAAAAA

Group Conductor Location
Lehman HS Wind Symphony Johnnie B. Green Kyle, TX
Liberty HS Symphonic Winds Marty Ball Frisco, TX
J.J. Pearce HS Symphonic Band Kyle Johnson Richardson, TX
Timber Creek HS Wind Ensemble Kayla Warren Fort Worth, TX
Westwood HS Wind Symphony Thomas Turpin Austin, TX

Class AAAAA

Group Conductor Location
Lamar HS Symphonic Band Andrea Sanchez Rosenberg, TX
Waxahachie HS Symphonic Band Justin Bell Waxahachie, TX

Class AA

Group Conductor Location
Cooper JH Symphonic Band Misty Smith Wylie, TX
Kennemer MS Symphonic II Band Kenneth Thompson Duncanville, TX
Stiles MS Symphonic Band Jenna Yee Leander, TX
Wallace MS Symphonic Band Jason D. Brown Kyle, TX

Class A

Group Conductor Location
Bailey Wind Symphony Casey Alvarado Austin, TX
Rodeo Palms JH Symphonic Band Susan Boldrighini Manvel, TX

Special Thanks to adjudicator Kevin Sedatole, Michigan State University

Kevin Sedatole

Kevin Sedatole serves as Director of Bands, Professor of Music, and Chair of the conducting area at the Michigan State University College of Music. At MSU, Professor Sedatole serves as administrator of the entire band program totaling over 700 students that includes the Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, Concert Band, Chamber Winds, Campus Bands, Spartan Marching Band and Spartan Brass. He also guides the graduate wind-conducting program in addition to conducting the MSU Wind Symphony.
Prior to joining MSU, he was director of bands and associate professor of conducting at Baylor University. Previous to his appointment at Baylor he served as associate director of bands at the University of Texas and director of the Longhorn Band, and as associate director of bands at the University of Michigan and Stephen F. Austin State University.

Sedatole has conducted performances for the College Band Directors National Association, American Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association, and the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, as well as performances in Carnegie Hall. He has conducted across the United States, Europe and Japan. Most recently the MSU Wind Symphony, under the direction of Professor Sedatole, has given featured performances at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, the national convention of the College Band Directors’ National Association, the prestigious American Bandmasters Association convention and Carnegie Hall. Performances conducted by Professor Sedatole have won accolades from prominent composers including John Corigliano, Michael Colgrass, Donald Grantham, David Maslanka, Ricardo Lorenz, Michael Daugherty, John Mackey, Jonathan Newman, Carter Pann, Joel Puckett, Dan Welcher as well as many others. Professor Sedatole also serves on the summer faculty of the Interlochen Music Camp and the Board of Directors of the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic.